Transmission gear



C. H. TAYLOR AND B. B. NEUTEBOOM.

TRANSMISSION GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1.1919.

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TRANSMISSION GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1v, 1919.

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STATES CECIL HAMJELIN TAYLOR AND BOUDEWIJN 1B. NEUTEBOIM,` OIF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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Application ledl March 1, 1919. Serial No. 280,13@

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, CnoIL HAMnLiN Tarma, a citizen of the United States, residi at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of lt ichigan, and BOUDEWIJN B. NnU'rnnooM, a subject of the Queen of the Netherlands, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Transmission Gears, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

@ur invention relates to transmission gears for automobiles and an object of our improvements is to providean 'improved transmission gear and one that may be easily and cheaply manufactured and assembled and disassembled.

life secure this object in the device illustrated in the accompanyingrdrawings in which:

Figure l is a side view partly in section on the line ll--ll Fig. 2,

Figure 2 is a sectional plan view, the sec tion being taken on the line. lll-lll Fig. l.

Figure is a plan view with the casing in section and some of the parts removed and illustrating the method of removing the other parts.

`Figure -t is a view similar to Fig. 3 illustrating the method of removing some ot the parts from the casing.

Fi ure 5 is a. view of parts of the dierentia the same being separated the one from the other and shown in position for assembling.

Figure 6 is an end view of one loit the carrying disks ot the diderential.

Figure 7 is a plan view of one ot the triction washers.

Figure 8 is an end view of one of the driven -gears ot the di'erential.

Figure 9 is an elevation'ot the spider ot the difterential.

Figure 10 is a planview of the same.

Figure 11 is the main wheel upon the ditterential which receives the power from the transmission shaft.

a is the gear case having the two shaft centers a2' a2 and a3 a3 vpreferably in the relative position shown, that is to say. the shaft-center a3 a3 is below and back ot a? a2. b is the casing tor the bearing of the transmission-shaft. c c are the caslngs for the two parts of the divided axle.' d d are the two axle parts. e e are spur gear wheels upon the ends'bf the shaft sections /Z rl. f is the transmission shaft having 'a conical gear wheel f2 upon its inner end.

j is a short shaft having its axis in the line ot the shaft centers a2 a2. i2 j2 are cap pieces having exterior screw threads adapted to engage screw-threads in the apertures a4 al in the wall ot the casing a. These cap pieces have bearings for the ends of the shaft j. h2 h2 are bevel gear wheels having elongated hubs L which rest by means of roller bearings upon the shafty and are adapted to rotate around said shaft on said bearings. g2 g2 are annular plates provided with hubs bearin upon the hubs h L of the gear wheels h2 interposed between the face of the gear wheels k2 h2 and the tace of the late g2. z' is a spider adapted to turn around) the center of the shaft j between the gear wheels h2 11.2 and having tour radially extending arbors i2. There are tour plates m having apertures at their centers adapted to tit overvthe arbol-s 2 and having oppositely extending screw threaded Shanks m2 which engage in apertures through the plates g2 g2 at the` peripheries of the same. The plates gx2 g are thus secured together by nuts on the outside of the screw threaded Shanks m2 pressing said plates against the enlarged center portion ot the plates m. There are the usual planetary gear wheels 3' ivoted upon the arbors i2 inside ofthe p ates m between the plates g2 g2, their teeth engaging the gear w eels h2 h2. g is an annular bevelhgear whee secured to one of -the plates g2 so as to be engaged by the gear wheel f2 to be driven thereby in the usual way. j j are thrust bearings interposedk between the outerends of the hubs k of the gear wheels k2 and the caps Said caps arescrewed up against said thruht bearingy to secure the right position and adjustment and their outer faces are provided with slots in which engage dogs js to prevent rotation and accidental displacement of said caps, k k are spur gear wheels ke ed upon the outer ends of -the hubs h h o the ,gear wheels k2 h2. The wheels e e keyed onY the inner ends ot the shaft sections d d mesh with the wheels k k.

u uare friction plates The parts as above described may be disassembled as follows: The bolts through the Qflaiiges c2 of the axle casing' c c are removed and the casings with -their contained sections assembled therein may be removed as a unit, the wheel e being drawn through the aperture a5. A cap j2 may then be screwed out of an Vaperture a4 and the shaft jbe withdrawn in an.axial direction as illus trated in F ig. 3. This permits the assemdown as a unit and drawn through one of bled differential mechanism to be lowered the plates a5 as indicated fin Fig. 4, so of course the-differential mechanism may be assembled as a unit outside, passed into the casing with its axis in the line of axes a2 a? and the shaft j inserted through' an opening a4 and secured in place by adjusting the cap bearings jz.

lVhat We claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the kind described, a casing, a differential mechanism provided with two driving wheels on opposite sides of the relatively movable parts of said gearing, said differential mechanism being a unitary construction and having an axial opening 4therethrough coaxial with said i i gear wheels,'and a'shaft adapted to be ining in said rst named casing adapted to receive the ends of the casings for the sections of the shaft, said sectional casings being adapted to have their ends secured to the first named casing, spur gear wheels on the end of the axle sections within said first named casing, a differential mechanism having two spur gears upon opposite sides of the relatively movable parts thereof engaging the spur gears on the ends of said axle sections, said differential mechanism having an opening through it axially and through the axis of said spur gears and a shaft or arbor extending through the axial. opening in said differential mechanism and longitudinally removable therefrom, the differential ,mechanism and the spur 'gears forming a part thereof being adapted to turn on said shaft or arbor as avbearing.

3. In an apparatus of the kind described, a gear casing, a sectional shaft and casings for the sections of said shaft, said first mentioned casing being provided with an opening adapted to receive the end of a. sectional axle casing, a differential mechanism having an axial opening therethrough, a shaft adapted to bear on said first mentioned cas-- ing extending through the axial opening of said differential mechanism and forming a bearing therefor, said shaft being removable fromJ said differential mechanism and said mechanism being removable through the opening provided for the end of the sectional axle casing.

4. In a differential, the combination of two carrying plates, a spider having a radial arbor, a plate having' al central aperture adapted to fit over the end of said arbor, and means for securing the last named plate to said carrying plates to secure the latter firmly together. E

5..In a differential, the combination of two carrying plates, a spider having`a radial cation.

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